Insurance & Reinsurance
William regularly advises insurer clients on coverage, defence and recovery, and settles pleadings on their behalf. Shortly after completing pupillage, he spent six months on part-time secondment at a leading insurance/re-insurance law firm in the City of London, where he gained in-depth experience of a wide range of commercial, property damage and construction disputes worth up to £20 million. He can also advise on coverage and defence in EL/PL, RTA and product liability claims.
William has been instructed in numerous cases involving insurance fraud or motor fraud. He regularly advises clients at all stages of proceedings: from pleadings and pre-action disclosure applications, through interim applications and hearings, to trials on the fast and intermediate tracks.
Experience includes:
Coverage
- Advising an insurer on an eight-figure coverage dispute arising from the supply of allegedly defective components to a major infrastructure project.
- Advising an insurer on coverage following notification by its insured of a substantial property damage claim arising from a construction project. The property in question belonged to a third party, with the result that the policy’s operative clause was not triggered.
- Successfully representing the defendant insurer at the trial of a coverage dispute concerning damage to a luxury car alleged to have been caused by vandalism.
- Advising an insurer on a six-figure coverage dispute concerning a product liability policy.
- Advising an insurer on both coverage and recovery in a series of claims arising from structural defects warranties for new dwellings.
Subrogated Recovery
- Advising various major insurers on subrogated recoveries. Details of his experience can be found in the “Construction & Engineering” and “Property Damage” sections of this profile.
Insurance Fraud
- Acting for several major insurers in a series of remarkably similar claims for fraudulent and/or exaggerated losses by motorcycle delivery riders in London, all of whom are represented by the same firm of solicitors.
- Advising an insurer on a claim for water damage to a luxury car, which appeared to have been dishonestly staged by the car’s owner.
- Successfully representing various different insurers at the Fast Track trials of fraudulent and/or exaggerated personal injury claims.
William is a member of the British Insurance Law Association.
Selected Cases
View full profile »Awards
• Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2021)
• Senior Advocacy Scholarship (The University of Law, 2021)
• Lord Brougham Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2020)
Articles
- 30 Burstock Road: Building Safety Regulator found to have acted ultra vires
- A classic of its kind: Project One London v VMA Services
News
- 30 Burstock Road: Building Safety Regulator found to have acted ultra vires
- A classic of its kind: Project One London v VMA Services
Qualifications
• Bar Practice Course (Outstanding); The University of Law
• GDL (Distinction); The University of Law
• MA Music (First Class); King’s College, Cambridge
Memberships
- British Insurance Law Association (BILA)
- Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
- Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA)
- Society of Construction Law (SCL)
- Technology & Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
